To provide for the conveyance of certain real property by the Administrator of General Services.

Directs the Administrator of General Services to convey, without consideration, to a non-profit, nonpartisan educational institution for the purpose of establishing a women's history museum all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of Federal real property known as the "Pavilion Annex" that is adjacent to the Old Post Office Building in Washington, D.C. Prohibits the use of such property for commercial purposes.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1429 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1429

     To provide for the conveyance of certain real property by the 
                   Administrator of General Services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2005

   Ms. Pryce of Ohio (for herself, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mrs. Miller of 
   Michigan, Mrs. Blackburn, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mrs. 
 Capito, Ms. Harris, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. LaTourette, Mrs. 
  Myrick, Mrs. Bono, Mrs. Kelly, Ms. Foxx, Mrs. Drake, Ms. Hart, Mr. 
    Dent, Mrs. Maloney, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. Hooley, Ms. 
   Slaughter, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Kilpatrick of 
Michigan, Ms. Kaptur, Mrs. Capps, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Carson, Ms. DeLauro, 
Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Jones of 
    Ohio, and Ms. Woolsey) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide for the conveyance of certain real property by the 
                   Administrator of General Services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``Pavilion Annex'' means the building (and 
immediate surroundings, including any land unoccupied as of the date of 
enactment of this Act) in Washington, District of Columbia, that is--
            (1) known as the ``Pavilion Annex'';
            (2) adjacent to the Old Post Office Building;
            (3) located on Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., to the east of 
        11th Street, N.W.; and
            (4) located on land bounded on three sides by the Internal 
        Revenue Service buildings.

SEC. 2. CONVEYANCE OF LAND.

    (a) Conveyance Required.--The Administrator of General Services 
shall convey, without consideration, to a nonprofit, nonpartisan 
educational institution incorporated in the District of Columbia in 
1996 for the purpose of establishing a women's history museum, all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of 
Federal real property, including improvements thereon, known as the 
``Pavilion Annex''. After such conveyance, the property may be used and 
occupied only by the museum.
    (b) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
description of the real property to be conveyed under subsection (a) 
shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Administrator. The 
cost of the survey shall be borne by the museum.
    (c) Reversionary Interest.--During the 20-year period beginning on 
the date the Administrator makes the conveyance under subsection (a), 
if the Administrator determines that the conveyed property is not being 
used and occupied in accordance with such subsection, all right, title, 
and interest in and to the property, including any improvements 
thereon, shall revert to the United States. Upon reversion, the United 
States shall immediately proceed to a public sale of the property.
    (d) Additional Terms and Conditions.--(1) The property shall not be 
used for commercial purposes.
    (2) The Administrator may require such additional terms and 
conditions in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as 
the Administrator considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 
United States.
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